Anki allows the entering of answers too :) On Sunday, 8 February 2009 20:11:55 UTC+2, Oisín Mac Fhearaí wrote: > > 2009/2/8 Gwern Branwen <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> >> That is, she thinks Mnemosyne is a quiz program: one is presented with >> the question, then one types in the best answer one can think of, and >> ding ding! one is right or wrong. > > > This does have its benefits for some situations (i.e. where you are > worried about making spelling mistakes in a new language, especially with > various accents and other modifiers). I think Pauker is the only > spaced-repetition system I've seen that allows typing in answers (it > compares them to the stored answers and gives you a colour-highlighted > visual diff of mistakes with the option to mark correct anyway or put the > card back - if you typed it exactly correctly, then it moves on to the next > card immediately since it uses a binary grading system). > Of course, there are many, many situations where it's not really useful or > appropriate (learning facts, improving your vocabulary in your native > language where you won't make spelling mistakes or will notice them without > needing to type, chemistry/maths equations, or iconographic languages like > Chinese where you want to sketch the character rather than simply type it > with the IME - I use a graphics tablet and drawing program). > It might be nice to add a basic scratch-pad entry thing to Mnemosyne as an > option for cards. > Oisín > > > >
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